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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

demissio

, fr.

demittere

. See

The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection.

“Demission of mind.”

Hammond.

Demission

of sovereign authority.

L’Estrange.

Resignation of an office.

[Scot.]

Noun.

A lowering; degradation; depression.

See also: demission

démission f ‎(plural démissions)